Kathy Walsh celebration of life set for Sunday

Friends and family of Kathy Walsh, who died in May at the age of 85, will gather at Santa Anita on Sunday to remember the former trainer.

A race will be named in Walsh’s honor and a reception will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. in the 100-to-1 room.

Walsh, who trained from 1970 to 2021 and won 1,232 races, won training titles at Longacres in Washington state and Canterbury Downs in Minnesota. She also won Grade 1 races in Southern California and had a starter in the Kentucky Derby, Hanuman Highway, who finished eighth behind Real Quiet in 1998.

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